APPENDIX G 

 REPORT OF A PUPIL'S PROJECT 



Mr. Layton S. Hawkins, Specialist in Agricultural Education 

 for New York State, recently published the following record, 

 which was prepared and submitted by a pupil in the agricul- 

 tural department of a New York high school as part of his 

 work for the year 1913. Also on page 486 may be found a 

 condensed report on home projects as carried on by the differ- 

 ent pupils of the high school. 



PUPIL'S PROJECT STUDY RECORD 



The equipment used consisted of two acres of land sloping toward the 

 south and east, a barn 28 by 20 feet with three and one half stories. The 

 two lower floors were fitted up with roosts, nests, dropping boards, and 

 other essentials for a henhouse. Each fowl has 8 inches of roost and 

 2 square feet of floor space. On the south side of the barn there are 

 openings fitted with cloth frames to keep out rain, let in light, and pro- 

 vide good ventilation. Even on stormy days these frames are opened for 

 a little while in order to air out the coops. The nests are placed under 

 the dropping boards, where they are secluded and convenient. I try to 

 make the coops as cheerful and bright as possible, because a happy hen 

 is a laying hen. I whitewashed the interior of the coop thoroughly, 

 adding a pint of carbolic acid to 50 gallons of whitewash. This was put 

 on with a bucket sprayer. This spray is both a good disinfectant and 

 insecticide. 



For litter I use corn stalks cut into short lengths, because I have these 

 on hand. 



There was also a coop 12 by 48 feet. This coop had a ground floor 

 only, so I placed 12 inch, inch mesh, poultry netting around the bottom 

 to keep the rats out. During the winter, hens are kept in this coop, but 

 last spring it was used for a brooder house. 



The chickens were hatched in eight Cycle hatchers with a capacity of 

 60 eggs each. These incubators are all metal, economic, durable, and 



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